Case Study: Major Petrochemical Company detects hidden in-network attack and averts potential breach with Attivo Networks' BOTsink deception solution

Attivo Networks Detects In-Network Attack at Major Petrochemical Company

Major Petrochemical Company faced a detection gap inside its network despite heavy perimeter defenses and a small IT staff. To gain low‑noise, low‑maintenance internal visibility they deployed Attivo Networks' BOTsink deception solution to detect attackers already inside the environment.

Attivo Networks used BOTsink decoys to generate four distinct alerts revealing network reconnaissance, attempts to access Veritas Backup services, SMB share access with a compromised login, and attempts on default Windows shares. Those activities were missed by all other internal systems; Attivo Networks captured PCAPs and forensic records, enabled investigation, and prevented what could have escalated into a full breach by exposing multiple system compromises that only Attivo Networks detected.